Summary
With over 20 years of experience in the SaaS industry, including B2C marketplaces, media, finance, and government sectors, I have spearheaded teams in product engineering, DevOps, data, site reliability engineering (SRE), and IT, managing a team of twenty-five professionals. My reputation is built on:
EMPATHETIC LEADERSHIP: Recognized for fostering team potential and providing opportunities for skill development, leading to significant operational achievements, cost savings, and streamlined processes.
STRATEGIC VISION: Spearheaded a major data architecture refactoring, transforming business operations with clear, transparent communication across the organization.
FINANCIAL ACUMEN: Valued for understanding broader financial goals and consistently delivering results that exceed expectations, with a calm demeanor and educational approach towards non-technical colleagues.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION: Adept at supporting the synergy between departments to enhance overall company efficiency and operational success.
Employment History
SNAGAJOB
Snagajob is the largest online marketplace for hourly work for jobseekers and employers, serving more than 47 million hourly workers and over 450,000 employer locations.
Director of Engineering | Jan 2021-Oct 2023
• Improved company financial position by cutting vendor spend by 49% in just six months (realized). Including reducing AWS by 68% (sorry Amazon).
• Reduced operational headcount needs by 15% over nine months through automation.
• Demystified platform engineering so that anyone can understand it (and increased team efficiency by 50%) through a novel approach at engineering/IT value. https://danielprice.me/platform-engineering
• Excellent employee retention. Less than 2% voluntary employee turnover over my tenure (all positions).
• Improved company financial position by cutting vendor spend by 49% in just six months (realized). Including reducing AWS by 68% (sorry Amazon).
• Reduced operational headcount needs by 15% over nine months through automation.
• Demystified platform engineering so that anyone can understand it (and increased team efficiency by 50%) through a novel approach at engineering/IT value. https://danielprice.me/platform-engineering
• Excellent employee retention. Less than 2% voluntary employee turnover over my tenure (all positions).
Architect | Jul 2019-Jan 2021
• Increased operational efficiency across the entire company by as much as 83%. Done through a multi-year consolidation of six products. This simplified our business sales funnel, sped up finance's month close, shortened support case duration, sliced development time, and unlocked accurate, real-time analytics. A boost across the company and delivered early (I am most known for this). https://danielprice.me/one-platform
• Collaborated with product leadership to successfully deliver a new product to market in a record-breaking time of six weeks. https://danielprice.me/record-speed
• Increased operational efficiency across the entire company by as much as 83%. Done through a multi-year consolidation of six products. This simplified our business sales funnel, sped up finance's month close, shortened support case duration, sliced development time, and unlocked accurate, real-time analytics. A boost across the company and delivered early (I am most known for this). https://danielprice.me/one-platform
• Collaborated with product leadership to successfully deliver a new product to market in a record-breaking time of six weeks. https://danielprice.me/record-speed
Senior Engineering Manager | Nov 2018-Jul 2019
• Doubled first-year revenue (4X year two) by catering to a larger market through a new architecture.
• Boosted developer productivity by leading API chapter on operational excellence, evolving methodologies and best practices.
• Doubled first-year revenue (4X year two) by catering to a larger market through a new architecture.
• Boosted developer productivity by leading API chapter on operational excellence, evolving methodologies and best practices.
Engineering Manager | Oct 2016-Nov 2018
• Reduced email marketing spend by 90% through internally developed tools that supported millions of emails per day.
• Reduced email marketing spend by 90% through internally developed tools that supported millions of emails per day.
Senior Software Engineer | Aug 2011-Oct 2016
• Demonstrated unprecedented infrastructure scale (half billion applications served) through pioneering microservice with MongoDB (NoSQL) and RabbitMQ (asynchronous communication).
• Wrote the most embarrassing line of code in my life.
• Demonstrated unprecedented infrastructure scale (half billion applications served) through pioneering microservice with MongoDB (NoSQL) and RabbitMQ (asynchronous communication).
• Wrote the most embarrassing line of code in my life.
SALEM WEB NETWORK
Internet division of the Salem Media Group, America’s leading radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine book publisher targeting family-themed content.
Senior Software Engineer | Mar 2010 - Aug 2011
• Enabled new technical capabilities through an internally developed video encoding service, which converted thousands of videos per day. (Where were you AWS Elastic Transcoder?)
• Enabled new technical capabilities through an internally developed video encoding service, which converted thousands of videos per day. (Where were you AWS Elastic Transcoder?)
SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW
Financial advisors headquartered in Richmond, VA.
Software Engineer | Sep 2007 - Mar 2010
• Increased developer productivity by creating a custom validation framework that simplified the department's transition from desktop to web application development.
• Increased developer productivity by creating a custom validation framework that simplified the department's transition from desktop to web application development.
MEDIA GENERAL
Media General is a communications company with newspapers, television stations and interactive media.
Software Engineer | 2006 - Aug 2007
• Developed internal libraries and components to accelerate software development and content management for dozens of online properties.
Software Engineer | 2006 - Aug 2007
• Developed internal libraries and components to accelerate software development and content management for dozens of online properties.
Associate Software Engineer | Feb 2003 – 2006
• Operationally ran web analytics, audience ad targeting, and email systems.
• Operationally ran web analytics, audience ad targeting, and email systems.
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES
Government agency focused on wildlife conversation responsibilities and opportunities.
Associate Software Engineer | 1998-2003
Education
BS, COMPUTER SCIENCE
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Key Skills
Engineering management, leadership, cost management, platform engineering, data streaming, software development, software architecture, leadership development, team management, marketplaces, coaching, roadmap, agile, continuous delivery, testing, SRE, metrics/KPIs, microservices, web applications, cloud, web APIs, Kafka (message bus), MongoDB (NoSQL), AWS (cloud computing), Snowflake, Elasticsearch, C#/.NET (Core|Framework), Datadog (observability/performance monitoring), Loggly (logging), Git (source control), RabbitMQ, REST, MS-SQL
…and many others to a lesser extent (or too embarrassing to list here, like Silverlight)
…and many others to a lesser extent (or too embarrassing to list here, like Silverlight)
Location Availability
Onsite, hybrid, remote, up to 25% travel